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Faith in South Philly: Bodega Bonanza

Seventh Street, South Philly. Below Snyder Avenue, it's Little Phnom Penh (*). Above Snyder, it's Little Italy. But it's not that simple.

Below Snyder


Seventh and Snyder. Below here, we enter Little Phnom Penh.


The Last Days of Antonio's.


Apsara Laundromat.


The former Bon Ton.


Now a small grocery.


The former Equity Savings and Loan, Seventh and Moyamensing.


These are memories, but they're not my own.


The former Porter House. Off Seventh below Snyder.


At Seventh and Snyder.


404 Not Found. So to speak.


Seventh Street below Snyder, today.


Above Snyder


Mexicanita Foodmarket, Eighth and Wilder.


Khmer Market, Sixth and Dickinson.


Nameless, yet open, bodega at Sixth and Dickinson.


New Matt's Food Market, also near Sixth and Dickinson.


Pete's Deli, Seventh and Porter.


A lost battle.


My local.


Marie's Grocery, Sixth and Wharton.


Sixth and Fitzwater.


Sun's Market, Twelfth and Wharton.


Sixth and Wharton.


Vic's Place, Eighth and Tasker.


Bertolino's, near Tenth and Dickinson.


One-stop shopping on Moyamensing.


South Philly in 1976. OK, two weeks ago during the filming of Invincible.


Church, Eighth and Tasker.




(*) I haven't found any examples of this or any other name being applied to Seventh below Snyder, but Little Phnom Penh is a name used with pride for similar neighborhoods in other cities.

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Thread started by 自殺は無痛
manfire From: [info]manfire Date: October 24th, 2005 05:04 pm (UTC) (Link)
I envy you, [info]boutell. I want to live in South Philly too. Please wave your magic wand and make this happen for me.
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boutell From: [info]boutell Date: October 24th, 2005 05:07 pm (UTC) (Link)
Why waste a perfectly good wand-wave when there are good two-bedroom houses on my block selling at or below $150K?

(Of course, I know nothing of housing prices where you live, your own economic situation, or any of that boring relevant jazz.)

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merde From: [info]merde Date: October 24th, 2005 08:44 pm (UTC) (Link)
i want to move there too. strangely, however, i find few job listings for tech writers in Philly...
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Comment by notorious k.e.p.
From: [info]reily Date: October 24th, 2005 05:21 pm (UTC) (Link)
+my boyfriend put those cars along the street for the movie.
+i wanted to hotwire one and steal it.
+pparently that's not a good idea.
hahaha
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chrissmari From: [info]chrissmari Date: October 24th, 2005 05:51 pm (UTC) (Link)
that's funny.. that's how i remember south philly growing up.. with those kind s of cars
very cool
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boutell From: [info]boutell Date: October 24th, 2005 06:17 pm (UTC) (Link)
Thanks!
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relaxing From: [info]relaxing Date: October 24th, 2005 05:54 pm (UTC) (Link)
No one really calls it Little Italy either, do they?
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boutell From: [info]boutell Date: October 24th, 2005 06:17 pm (UTC) (Link)
Definitely not in this town, but nobody would be offended by, y'know, the very idea of calling an Italian neighborhood Little Italy, thanks to NYC and all.
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relaxing From: [info]relaxing Date: October 24th, 2005 06:26 pm (UTC) (Link)
I know your intentions are pure, it just sounds a little fake, if not flat-out incorrect.

If you were a realtor trying to drive up prices, then people might start getting offended :) But your photos demonstrate the sort of ethnic diversity that shrugs off labels.
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Comment by jimjam
ladymoon From: [info]ladymoon Date: October 24th, 2005 07:36 pm (UTC) (Link)
How odd is it that I was just sitting at the corner of Sixth and Dickinson last night? I love South Philly.
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Comment by morosejew
morosejew From: [info]morosejew Date: October 24th, 2005 11:22 pm (UTC) (Link)

One Stop Shopping
Cake Candy and Drugs? One of three ways to get laid in Philly.

My apologies to Johnny Carson.
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